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A review by heatherjones
A Short History of Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce by Massimo Montanari
informative
fast-paced
4.0
The writing style was a lot denser and more academic than I expected from the cover. That was fine, it wasn't so difficult, but it was different than I expected.
What the author was trying to do was encourage us to think about how complicated history can be, how even the simplest things come from complex and interrelated factors, how the idea of "origins" itself is incredibly complex, and to do all that by showing just how many different things happened to get Italy eating spaghetti with tomato sauce.
Well worth reading if you want a short, deep think about history.
What the author was trying to do was encourage us to think about how complicated history can be, how even the simplest things come from complex and interrelated factors, how the idea of "origins" itself is incredibly complex, and to do all that by showing just how many different things happened to get Italy eating spaghetti with tomato sauce.
Well worth reading if you want a short, deep think about history.